Cushion-tire structure



Jan. 14, 1930.

A. L. SCHOFF ET AL CUSHION TIRE STRUCTURE Filed July 1, 1926 #fromm-ya Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UN STATES masse ALRERT I.. sCHoEE, OE'CALDWELL, NEW JERSERANDERANKH. MEYER, OEv WARREN, OHIO; SAID MEYER AssIeNoR To THE AMERICAN WELDING a MANUFACTURING co., OE WARREN, OHIO, A CORPORATION oEfoIIIoANDsAiD sCrIoEE AssIGNoR To ovERMAN CUsIIION TIRE COMPANY, INC., OE NEWYORK, N. A CORPORATION or NEW YORK CUSHION-TIRE STRUCTURE Application led July 1,

- .lua-l relation on vehicle wheels having a partially open tire seating face.

One object of the invention is to mutually support the adjacent base portions of cushion tires mounted in dual relation from an interposed supporting ring.

It is also an object of the invention to provide means or joining the adjacent portions of a pair or" juxtaposed cushion tire bases.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support of the character specified that can be conveniently used with cushion tires of conventional form or' base band Without changing the form of the base.

Other objects and advantages of the in- -Jention will be apparent from a study of the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a transverse sectional view of the tire and wheel assembly, With parts broken away, illustrating an application of L our invention.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding transverse sectional view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional Vview of a lrim and wheel assembly illustrating a different application of the invention; and

F ig. 4 1s a corresponding transverse sectional view, of a tire and wheel assembly,

` illustrating an application of the invention wherein the base sections oit the cushion tire j that are used in forming the wheel.

1926. serial No. 119,852.

p Thel cushion tiresrthat are used with wheel' structures of :this character, generally have theirfbases formed of a .pair oitl spaced annular bands that are connected bya spacer ring. When cushion tires of this character aremountecl. sicle by sideon a wheel-ot the abovetype7 it is .often :found that a Vmajor portionof one of the annular base band elements Vot oneo'f theV cushion tires overhangs the aperture 4formed in the seatingface 'of thewheel. The absence of adequate supportfor one..of `the basel elements of one of "the tires causes k:damage ;to both Ytires on the wheel because ofthe uneven load on the one tire andthe .overloadion the other. The

present inventionprovides an adequate sup-.

portfforrboth ofthebasee'lements of each cushion.:tiremounted.4 on avwheel of the aboveV tires 5. and (Seach of which has a ychamber-edy body-:portion that is,r permanently vulcanized to `-annular rim `sections? and 8 that vare' spacedfby .aan :interlocking "ring .9, lare mounted,indualrelation onithe seating face 3 of the Wheel.-

The basemembersS eachhave a groove formed in :their adjacent. edge .portions tor receiving anzannular supporting .ring lO. The inner face offthering 10. is-of .substantially thesame internal diameter-.as the inner faces of the, base members 8.N Thebase flange .of the supporting ring isv slightly tapered ftowar'd its. edges" andis provided with an annular radial flange 1l that serves to .slightly .spacethextires aand 6 and to greatly strengthen the ring l0. Each base element 8 has an inclined seating face that engages the corresponding seatingk face of the ring 10.

The ring l0, which may be endless, supports the outer edge of the tire base element 8 that oveihangs the aperture 2 of the Wheel body. The other edge of the overhanging base element is adequately supported by the 1nase 3 of the wheel.

Fig. 2 shows a form of supporting ring l2 that is held in place between the pressed on cushion tires 13 and 14. Each of these tires has a groove in the lateral face of the 'ase band that is adapted to receive portions of the supporting ring l2. The supporting ring here proposed serves to support the overhanging base element of one tire from the base element of the other.

In Fig. 3 a construetion is shown in which an endless annular ring 10a of substantially rectangular cross sectional form serves to support the overhanging port-ion of the tire base from the adjacent rim base and seating `ace of the wheel.

The supporting ring 10b shown in Fig. 4 is arranged to be used with standard forms of cushion tire structures without modification of the side flanged portions of the tire iase. This ring is endless and substantially of shape in cross section. The two arms of the T overhang the adjacent edge portions of the tire bases. This is a very convenient application of the invention.

Although only a few. applications of the invention have been described, other applications thereof will be obvious to those skilled in the art. vWe desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be imposedV as :ire setV forth in the accompanying claims, itbeing our intention to claim the invention as broadly as the art will permit.

What we claim'is:

l. The combination with a wheel having 'L pair of laterally spaced tire seating faces formed on the periphery thereof with an.

aperture therebetweein'of a tire having its4 base seated on one of the seating faces, another tire having its base seated on the other :eating face with the inner side portion of the base overhanging said aperture, and an unattached supporting ring interposed between the inner edges of the bases and held against lateral movement thereby, the saidY ing having portions in overlapping engagement with adjacent edge portions of the bases and serving to support the'overhanging. portion of the base ofthe second tire from the base of the first tire.

2. The combination with ai wheel having a pair of laterally spaced circumferential tire seating faces formed thereon, of a pair of cushion tires, each having a base mounted on one of said seating faces, one of thel tire'V bases having its inner side portion over- Y tures.

ALBERT L. SCI-IOFF. FRANK H. MEYER. 

